17/08/2026
Q3 is the quarter that decides how your Q4 goes.
Here’s what I’m pinning right now, and when each one starts.
Pinning now: fall baking, fall dinners, fall drinks, pumpkin recipes, and apple recipes. Apple breads, fritters, all of it. These are 5 of the biggest food and drink trends this quarter and they’re live already.
Starting the beginning of August: Halloween.
This is the one that surprises people. If you look at Pinterest’s new moments section in Trends, it shows Halloween peaking around October 5th to 9th. Halloween isn’t until the 31st. It peaks at the start of the month, not the end.
Which means your Halloween pins need to be on Pinterest well before October, with enough runway to index first. Pinterest users are planners. They’re searching for it long before they’re making it.
Starting the beginning of September: Thanksgiving and Christmas.
I know that feels absurd in September. It works because you’re publishing into the window when she’s actually looking, instead of the week she’s already cooking.
If you want the full picture, my Q3 Trends Guide has 240+ trending recipe ideas mapped across the whole quarter, so you know exactly what to pin and when.
Comment TRENDS and I’ll send you the link.